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Quantum Fields and Particles

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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

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In classical electrodynamics, the energy contained in the vacuum fields is

$$H_{cl}^{vac} = \left( {8\pi } \right)^{ - 1} \int {d^3 r\left( {E^2 + B^2 } \right).} $$
(3.1)

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Pilkuhn, H.M. (2003). Quantum Fields and Particles. In: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05275-4_3

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